Go hunting for the most successful Las Vegas Strip concert residency shows and you’ll find the obvious stars: Celine Dion, Elton John, Britney Spears, Shania Twain, Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks and Bruno Mars. Recent additions like Adele at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Carrie Underwood at Resorts World Theatre and U2 at Sphere will certainly join that list soon.

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Pop, country and rock are certainly among the most consistently popular musical genres, on the charts and in the global cultural consciousness. But hip-hop and R&B have likely topped those genres for the better part of the last few decades, and yet legendary artists from those musical universes have been nearly shut out of the residency game.